Advertisement
Singapore markets close in 2 hours 37 minutes
  • Straits Times Index

    3,284.51
    -3.24 (-0.10%)
     
  • Nikkei

    37,934.76
    +306.28 (+0.81%)
     
  • Hang Seng

    17,710.82
    +426.28 (+2.47%)
     
  • FTSE 100

    8,078.86
    +38.48 (+0.48%)
     
  • Bitcoin USD

    64,438.55
    +139.91 (+0.22%)
     
  • CMC Crypto 200

    1,392.44
    -4.09 (-0.29%)
     
  • S&P 500

    5,048.42
    -23.21 (-0.46%)
     
  • Dow

    38,085.80
    -375.12 (-0.98%)
     
  • Nasdaq

    15,611.76
    -100.99 (-0.64%)
     
  • Gold

    2,350.80
    +8.30 (+0.35%)
     
  • Crude Oil

    84.04
    +0.47 (+0.56%)
     
  • 10-Yr Bond

    4.7060
    +0.0540 (+1.16%)
     
  • FTSE Bursa Malaysia

    1,573.86
    +4.61 (+0.29%)
     
  • Jakarta Composite Index

    7,115.99
    -39.31 (-0.55%)
     
  • PSE Index

    6,593.15
    +18.27 (+0.28%)
     

Government virus advisor warns UK could be in 'big trouble'

Professor Peter Openshaw, a member of the government's New and Emerging Respiratroy Virus Threats Advisory Group, warns the UK could be in "big trouble" if it fails to get a handle on Covid infections. He says the current number of deaths in the UK is "unacceptable" but says increasing the number of teenageres vaccinated and simple social measure like mask wearing could solve the problem.